Abstract: The shaping of the fibrous texture is at least partly achieved by applying a deformable layer or strip, such as a cloth, made from a material having a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of the material constituting the fibrous texture. The layer or strip is stretched over the fibrous texture or is held in position against the texture by being wound over in order to obtain the degree of compaction wanted for the fibrous texture. The texture is densified by chemical vapor infiltration of the material constituting the matrix of the composite.

Abstract: A laminated tubular fibrous structure is produced using a tubular braid and folding over its wall in order to form corrugations or wrinkles superposed in axial direction. The tubular braid is brought over a mandrel of which the inner diameter corresponds to that of the structure to be produced, by causing the braid to pass around a forming head which is mounted on the mandrel and of which the outer diameter corresponds to that of the structure to be produced, and at least one yarn is wound following a helicoidal path on the braid, around the mandrel and at the front of the forming head, between said head and a counter-piece of which the faces in facing relationship have shapes corresponding to the shape of the wrinkles to be produced, the winding of the yarn being performed while the forming head is moving away from the counter-piece progressively with the formation of the wrinkles.